"The flowering of human society depends on two factors: the intellectual power of outstanding men to conceive sound social and economic theories, and the ability of these or other men to make these ideologies palatable to the majority."

-- Ludwig von Mises

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“There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.”
“I've always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume.”
“There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.”

Source : "Behind-the-Scenes with Mary-Kate Olsen". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 11, 2009.
“I write very raw, ugly, illiterate first drafts very quickly (novels are always in first draft in under a year) and then I spend years and years fine-tuning, revising, editing, etc. What inspires me? Who knows. I am not inspired that much. Thatâ€™s why I write long form fictionâ€”I am not much of a short story writer. Ideas come seldom, but when a good one comes, I really stick to it and see it out. Iâ€™m a problem-solverâ€”I've never thrown out an entire manuscript; I've always forced myself to repair it until it was a lovable thing again.”

Source : "Beyond Diaspora: Porochista Khakpour". Interview with Roxanne Naseem Rashedi, lareviewofbooks.org. February 17, 2013.
“You won't ever see me being totally sexy on 'Rookie Blue.' It's not right for the character, anyway.”
“You have set standards for how you want to be treated and what you expect from yourself and for yourself.”
“I have an appreciation for what some people would call "bad acting," but which I think can be much more real than the overly emotive, technical and supposedly "realistic" acting that is so prevalent in mainstream cinema.”

Source : "Reading photographs may be like reading language, but only up to a point". Interview with Bucky Miller, believermagblog.wordpress.com. June 6, 2014.
“Your best teacher is your last mistake.”

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